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James gives Cavs shot in wide-open playoffs

By MATT YOUMANS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

After rolling an ankle, LeBron James overcame the pain. That was the easy part. His toughest challenge was to find a way to win the game while his supporting cast was collapsing and his coach was rendered clueless.

It’s obvious the Cleveland Cavaliers are a mess, with one exception. The best player on the planet can clean up all of their mistakes and possesses the strength to cover up for all of their weaknesses

With 1.5 seconds remaining, Cleveland coach David Blatt, playing the role of Paul Blart the Mall Cop, designed a clumsy play that had James throwing the inbounds pass. That, of course, would not even be an effective way to use James as a decoy. So James overruled the Mall Cop, scratched the play and drew up his own.

That was about the biggest shot I’ve seen LeBron hit,” said Ed Salmons, Westgate Las Vegas sports book manager. “He’s not usually known for making that shot.”

Early in his career, James often passed with a game on the line. But he’s more accountable and more mature now, and he basically needs to carry this Cavaliers team while coaching it, too.

And with no timeouts left, Blatt the Mall Cop tried to call a timeout in the final minute. He was lucky the refs missed his signal, and James bailed him out by hitting the last shot.

The Cavaliers look as good as any pick to win it because they have the best player, and this time James does not have to go through San Antonio.

Lets kill 'em on their home floor.... Matador the bulls.
I hope Kyrie's getting healthier... it was really encouraging that he found a way to score 24!
It's hard watching this team struggle against the Bulls... a team we're clearly better than at full strength.
I had CLE pegged to win in 5 vs CHI before Love went down.

Okay I hadn't listened to this with the volume. I just laughed out loud while trying to grill incognito sandwiches...

BROWNS 2017: FUCK IT, DUDE... LET'S GO BOWLING

"I just do not get worked up over games anymore. I realized some time ago there is no point in getting worked up over them. I have no control over the outcome, it has no impact on me personally, and I have little to no actual facts to work from on properly analyzing the results." - Masters
"Don't try to make me feel dumb for my opinion. You can kiss my ass." - MalcolmBrown

DON'T leave me hanging mmw! Where's a clip of this block :P (I'll post it if I find it)

BROWNS 2017: FUCK IT, DUDE... LET'S GO BOWLING

"I just do not get worked up over games anymore. I realized some time ago there is no point in getting worked up over them. I have no control over the outcome, it has no impact on me personally, and I have little to no actual facts to work from on properly analyzing the results." - Masters
"Don't try to make me feel dumb for my opinion. You can kiss my ass." - MalcolmBrown

"I just do not get worked up over games anymore. I realized some time ago there is no point in getting worked up over them. I have no control over the outcome, it has no impact on me personally, and I have little to no actual facts to work from on properly analyzing the results." - Masters
"Don't try to make me feel dumb for my opinion. You can kiss my ass." - MalcolmBrown

We Win on to Eastern Finals

Matthew Dellavedova - player of the game .. Aussie Aussie Aussie
Saved his best game ever for when it was needed, way to step up Delly.

The Victorian was an absolute star on offense and defence throughout the game, finishing with 19 points to outscore Chicago’s former MVP Derrick Rose, keeping the superstar to a quiet 14 points with his bulldog defense.

Dellavedova’s points haul - which also outdid his iconic teammate LeBron James (15) - was a season-high, his best performance in the playoffs, and he also produced two rebounds and an assist.
“Matthew Dellavedova he grew up playing rugby, so you know he’s the toughest guy on the team,” James said.
“I know he’s tough as nails and the one thing about Delly is he never makes one mistake. I’m so happy for him and proud of his performance in the absence of Kyrie.”

Coach David Blatt also lauded Dellavedova’s performance.
“For an undrafted kid to do what he did, that’s admirable,” he said.

Irving also paid Dellavedova a tremendous compliment, calling him “my Aussie brother”.
“I knew Delly has that fire in his heart. I couldn’t be happier for anyone on our team, just the way he competed,” Irving said.
“He’s going to go out there whether we ask him to play two minutes or 48, he’s going to give it his all.

“That’s my Aussie brother right there. We do a lot of talking, a lot of watching film and breaking down other point guards. Obviously when he comes in he wants to sustain the same level as I do.

Tristan Thompson -"TT," "T-Square," "Double-T," "T-Dot" or "T-Top." or "Radiation," "Young King."
What ever you call him. he says:
Thompson sees this as no time to expand his game from his role as, in his words, "the lunch pail guy."

"You always have that one guy where it's like, 'Ugh, I got to go against that guy tonight? It's going to be a long night. I better get my rest,'" Thompson said. "So for this team, that's what I want to be able to bring -- just that toughness and that grit and that kind of 'F you' mentality."http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015...land-cavaliers

LBJ comes back in up 24 with 5:36 left.. we only got a FT the last 4:37

Always remember sports are like women:
High School all the girls play,
NCAA only good looking girls play,
Pro's only the Super Models play !

After hitting back-to-back free throws and then another back-to-back set of free throws at the end of Game 5, I started calling him Kyrie Clutch. To think that the CAVS could win it in Game 6 without Kyrie Clutch is just amazing, but that's what the CAVS need... When Smith is off, Shumpert needs to step it up. When Shumpert is off, Jones needs to step it up. When all of them are off, Delly needs to step it up, and Delly DID step it up, even without Kyrie Clutch, and the CAVS still blew out the Bulls in Game 6 to take the series.

Finally, the CAVS have surrounded LeBron with the right talent. I won't be disappointed if they don't win it all, but the CAVS have the talent around LeBron to do it soon ... very soon! Their best chance is to win it all in 2016. They'll be more seasoned and have developed more chemistry.

Kevin Whats-His-Name may have been a waste of a trade. Thompson is the guy the CAVS need at power forward to grab them rebounds. Imagine Wigguns adding some dash and splash and defense without Love. Bennett is like a Browns pick, fughettaboutit... but the CAVS "could" have been just fine without the Love trade. Mozgov just adds yet another piece.

Irving, Delly, Smith, Shumpert, Jones, Wigguns ... we'd be talking 1990s Golden State Warriors putting up 120+ points per game. The defense still sucks, but I'll take a 120 - 115 win. A win is a win, after all. Anyways, the CAVS are in a good position, even without Wigguns and even if Love walks.

-Al

Last edited by Geech; 05-15-2015 at 02:57 AM.
Reason: I misspelled Irving as Iring.

What a bad place to work. say what you will about Tib's he busted his butt got them into the playoffs no matter what. I didn't care for his grind players to dust style but tossing USED toilet paper at him on the way out the door... is just classless.
Just another reason to Hate the bulls.

Always remember sports are like women:
High School all the girls play,
NCAA only good looking girls play,
Pro's only the Super Models play !

That was a very bad press conference. The Bulls confirmed the trash at the top of the org; Hoiberg will lead them to mediocrity & he deserves a lot better than to deal with those terrible drooling fools running the Bulls.

Hopefully Thibs goes to NO; if he sticks in the East, it would make for a tougher potential playoff series for the Cavs in future seasons.

Whatever team goes after him will land one hell of a coach. NO, OKC... NY?

He may not be a great minutes manager, but one of the best D coaches in the Association

BROWNS 2017: FUCK IT, DUDE... LET'S GO BOWLING

"I just do not get worked up over games anymore. I realized some time ago there is no point in getting worked up over them. I have no control over the outcome, it has no impact on me personally, and I have little to no actual facts to work from on properly analyzing the results." - Masters
"Don't try to make me feel dumb for my opinion. You can kiss my ass." - MalcolmBrown

"I just do not get worked up over games anymore. I realized some time ago there is no point in getting worked up over them. I have no control over the outcome, it has no impact on me personally, and I have little to no actual facts to work from on properly analyzing the results." - Masters
"Don't try to make me feel dumb for my opinion. You can kiss my ass." - MalcolmBrown